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Bees kill Mahaicony pensioner

A 70-year-old man, who was a pensioner, died on Tuesday when he was attacked by a swarm of bees in his home village of Novar, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara, police said Wednesday. Imran Alli, also known as ‘Buddy’, a 70-year-old pensioner who resided at Lot 24 Novar, lost his life after he was reportedly attacked by a swarm of bees ...

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1 killed, 2 injured in Mahaicony accident

A 28-year-old man was killed and two others injured in an early Saturday morning road accident when the driver lost control of the car on the Cottage, Mahaicony Public Road and slammed into a fence and a utility pole. The dead man has been identified as Collin Dowden of Lot 2 Belle Vue, West Coast Berbice. Those injured and transferred ...

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One shot dead, five wounded in drive-by shooting outside V’s Flavor Delight.

A man was killed and five others were injured during a drive-by shooting on Joseph Pollydore Street (D’Urban Street), Lodge early Saturday morning. Dead is Anthony Havescombe, 40, a vendor of South Ruimveldt. Police said he succumbed to multiple gunshot injuries. The injured include former policeman, Teon “Spoil Child” Allen, 38, of Sophia who has had several brushes with the ...

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Construction worker falls to death

A construction worker fell off a scaffold on Saturday and died, but his colleague survived the mishap, police said. Police identified the man as 23-year-old Norman Abrams of 804 B Field, Sophia, Greater Georgetown. Abrams was employed by Christopher Menezes of Lot 135 3rd Street Montrose, East Coast Demerara. “The deceased was on a scaffold along with another worker named ...

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One dead, one injured after car slams into cow

An occupant died and the driver was severely injured Tuesday night when the car they were travelling in slammed into a cow. The accident occurred at about 9pm on the Good Hope Public Road, East Coast Demerara. The dead man has been identified as 32-year-old Rakesh Singh of Lot 46 Village, Corentyne, Berbice. Hospitalised is 24-year-old Kelron Benjamin of 114 ...

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Soldier dies in Essequibo Coast road accident

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) soldier died late Thursday night in a road accident at Queenstown, Essequibo Coast, police said. He was identified as 20-year-old Private 25332 Jermaine Jones of 11 Sand Reef, Queenstown, Essequibo Coast. He was stationed at the Anna Regina Headquarters and attached to the 3rd Infantry. Police said that about 10pm Jones he was riding a ...

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Drag racer is 5th COVID-19 death

Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence on Monday night confirmed a fifth death in Guyana as a result of COVID-19. The deceased is a male, Deryck Jaisingh, from Region Four who passed away at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation earlier Monday evening. Jaisingh, known as ‘Mad Dog’ was a drag racer. The Ministry of Public Health and the Government of ...

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Updated: Guyana confirms fourth COVID-19 death

Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence Wednesday night  confirmed that the total number of deaths from COVID-19 in Guyana has moved to 4.. The deceased is a male from Region 4 (Demerara-Mahaica). Earlier this evening, Minister Lawrence had confirmed Guyana’s third COVID-19 death was Ms Osa Collins, a 78-year-old resident of New Amsterdam. She died at the Georgetown Public Hospital ...

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Guyana’s COVID-19 claims another life, more persons test positive

Guyana now has now recorded two deaths from the COVID-19 coronavirus and the number of confirmed cases now stands at 12, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Karen Gordon-Boyle said Tuesday. Delivering the Public Health Ministry’s daily update, she said statistics on confirmed cases available up to Monday afternoon showed an increase from eight to 12 cases. Gordon-Boyle said 10 confirmed ...

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